diff --git a/app/controllers/user_actions_controller.rb b/app/controllers/user_actions_controller.rb
index 24326698bb9..a166bca6f5b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/user_actions_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/user_actions_controller.rb
@@ -36,11 +36,6 @@ class UserActionsController < ApplicationController
     render_serialized(UserAction.stream_item(params[:id], guardian), UserActionSerializer)
   end
 
-  def private_messages
-    # DO NOT REMOVE
-    # TODO should preload messages to avoid extra http req
-  end
-
   private
 
   def user_actions_params
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 82f8d115562..bcf2803de67 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -521,29 +521,28 @@ Discourse::Application.routes.draw do
            :constraints => {
              token: /[0-9a-f]+/,
            }
-      get "#{root_path}/:username/private-messages" => "user_actions#private_messages",
+      get "#{root_path}/:username/private-messages" => "users#show",
           :constraints => {
             username: RouteFormat.username,
           }
-      get "#{root_path}/:username/private-messages/:filter" => "user_actions#private_messages",
+      get "#{root_path}/:username/private-messages/:filter" => "users#show",
           :constraints => {
             username: RouteFormat.username,
           }
-      get "#{root_path}/:username/messages" => "user_actions#private_messages",
+      get "#{root_path}/:username/messages" => "users#show",
           :constraints => {
             username: RouteFormat.username,
           }
-      get "#{root_path}/:username/messages/:filter" => "user_actions#private_messages",
+      get "#{root_path}/:username/messages/:filter" => "users#show",
           :constraints => {
             username: RouteFormat.username,
           }
-      get "#{root_path}/:username/messages/group/:group_name" => "user_actions#private_messages",
+      get "#{root_path}/:username/messages/group/:group_name" => "users#show",
           :constraints => {
             username: RouteFormat.username,
             group_name: RouteFormat.username,
           }
-      get "#{root_path}/:username/messages/group/:group_name/:filter" =>
-            "user_actions#private_messages",
+      get "#{root_path}/:username/messages/group/:group_name/:filter" => "users#show",
           :constraints => {
             username: RouteFormat.username,
             group_name: RouteFormat.username,